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In her inaugural lecture, on 24 October 2024, Cinzia Priola, Professor of Work and Organisation Studies in The Open University's Faculty of Business & Law, explored her research on inclusion, diversity and inequalities in the workplace and social lives.

Age UK has secured funding from the Open Societal Challenges Challenge Us! competition for the next phase of the innovative project run in collaboration with The Open University (OU), Take Five to Age Well.

The Open University (OU) has launched a pioneering Centre for Protecting Women Online, made possible by a substantial £7.7 million grant from Research England.

Lingo Flamingo, a Scottish charity providing language lessons to older adults and people living with dementia, has been named one of the winners of The Open University’s ‘Challenge Us!’ competition.

A research initiative exploring the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing students' critical thinking and argumentation skills was launched on 7 October 2024.

The Open University launched its Global Development Annual Lecture series on 17 October 2024.

At the recent Shaping the future: OU Research showcase, The Open University (OU) awarded an ambitious new project funded by the Open Societal Challenges (OSC) platform.

The National Trust’s "Tools to Realise Socio-Economic Benefits from Floodplains Under Restoration" (TREASURE) project has won one of The Open University’s Open Societal Challenges (OSC) Challenge Us! competition funding awards for 2024.